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The New Australian Gold Regulations. (Fr...
such vein for building and other purposes necessary for carrying on operations . The right of cutting or using timber for building or for fire wood from adjacent crown lands , as well as access to neighbouring water , shall also be conceded ; and , where the public convenience shall not suffer thereby , the commissioner or assistant-commissioner of the district will be empowered to grant the exclusive right to necessary water , whether on the half-mile square enclosing the vein , or in the immediate neigh bourhood .
4 . The beds of rivers or main creeks , intersected by veins , included in such claims , are not excluded from license to the public generally , except for a distance of fifty yards on each side of such veins . But , with this exception , no licenses shall be given to the public to dig for alluvial gold on such claims . The holder of the claims , however , who may desire to work out alluvial gold , " must take out licenses on payment of- the usual fee of thirty shillings monthly for such number of persons as they may employ for this purpose . € 5 . A claim such as the above shall be forfeited by the failure
of the applicant to-enter within a reasonable period , to be notified to him by the commissioner in writing , into the ' required bond , by his neglecting to pay t ' le prescribed royalty at the time and in the manner rearmed by the bond ; by his hot employing at least twenty persons , or " machinery equivalent , calculated at the rate of one horse power to seven men , on such claim within six months of the acceptance of his application for
the same , unless such time shall be specially extended by the government—by his ceasing to employ that number of persons or such machinery on the works for one month thereafter—by his employing unlicensed persons to work alluvial gold on the claim , by obstructing the officer in the proper performance of his duty , or in any other way violating the terms of the bond . Such vein shall then be open to selection by other parties .
6 . The duration of the claim shall be three years , which however , shall be extended for such further period as upon receipt of instructions from Her Majesty ' s government may be determined upon , having due regard to the interests of the parties concerned . At the expiration of the term of their holding , or on the sooner determination of the tenure by the consent of the government , the parties shall have liberty to remove all buildings , machinery , or other improvements erected or made by them , and a reasonable time shall be given for that purpose , provided always that the conditions of the bond shall have been duly fulfilled .
7 . No portion of land previously occupied under claims for alluvial gold will be open to selection for matrix gold while it continues to be worked for the former .
II . PRIVATE LANDS . Persons desirous of working auriferous quartz veins on private lands , shall be subject to the terms of the above regulations , with the exception that the royalty payable on the gross product of the gold shall be five per cent ., and that they shall not be compelled to employ any specified number of persons , nor be liable to any penalty on their ceasing to work .
111 . T'ADE' -S' LICENSES . Persons occupying portions of the gold field , by erecting temporary buildings tents , & c , and carrying on any business , or following any trade or calling , shall pay a fee of 30 s . monthly , for the use of the lands so occupied by them ; and they are required to pay the same on demand , and in advance , to the officer appointed to receive payment of license fees .
Such license may be cancelled at any time , should the land be required for any public purpose , or in consequence of the conviction of the licensed occupant , in any court of competent jurisdiction , of the illicit sale of spirits , or of any disorderly or riotous conduct endangering the public morals or peace ; and in no case will any claim to compensation for improvements be recognised .
IV . LAND HELD UNBEIl PASTOKAL LEASES . Inconvenience being felt from the occupancy under lease , in terms of the regulations of the 29 th of March , 1848 , of such portions of the crown lands as are now being worked under licenses for digging gold , it has become necessary to terminate the leases in all such cases as shall be reported by the commissioner or assistant commissioner to be desirable for securing to the licensed miners the undisturbed prosecution of their employment . On receiving such reports , the necessary notice
will be given to the lessees by the ]> roper officers at the termination of their leases , after the expiration of one month ; and the sum paid by such lessees for the land resumed , or the proportion payable for the remainder of the term , will be refunded , as provided for in the regulations referred to . In acting on this regulation , no greater interference with the interests of the leases will be sanctioned than may be absolutely necessary to ensure the object contemplated . Form referred to : —
GOLD LICENSE . N ° . 185 . The bearer , , having paid to me the sum of one pound ten shillings on account of the territorial revenue , I hereby license him to dig , search for , and remove alluvial gold on and from any crown land as I shall assign to him for that purpose , during the month of , 185 , subject to the government regulations in force for the time being for the management of the gold field .
This license does not extend to matrix gold , fand must be produced whenever demanded by me or any other person acting under the authority of the government . ( Signed ) A . B ., Commissioner .
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The Harvest . —The weather has been completely broken ; but , according to all the accounts from the country , tlie harvest seems to be quite safe , having been almost everywhere completed . The Prosecution of the " Anglo Celt . "—In the case of the Queen at the prosecution of the . colonel and officers of the 31 st regiment fl . p-a . inst , Mr . WaJWn + hn , ^ . „ .,..: „ j . x » the 31 st regiment against Mr . Wallacethe proprietor of
, the Anglo-Celt newspaper , for libel , the defendant attended before the magistrates at the head police-office last Saturday to put in bail for his appearance in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on the first day of next term . The informations of Lieutenant-Colonel Staunton , Captain Eagar , and Lieutenant Button , of the 31 st regiment , were read out by Mr . Porter .
They set forth the circumstances relative to the affair at Sixmile-bridge , and denying that the party of the 31 st had committed wilful murder on that occasion , or had slaughtered the people without provocation . They also charged as wickedly false and untrue the allegation contained in the alleged libel that the 31 st regiment had ever been guilty of cowardice , or had lost their facings ; but that , on the contrary , they had ever exhibited the utmost gallantry . Mr . Dowse , on the part of the defendant
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having declined to cross-examine the witnesses , Mr . . Wallao was called upon to enter into securities , himself in £ 200 , and two securities in £ 100 each . Dr . Gray and Mr . ' Matthew Tully , solicitoiybecame securities in the sums required , and the recognisances having been perfected , the parties left the office . Crop Lifting . —Tlie season of conflicts between bailiffs and tenants for the . possession of the crops has come round with the returning harvest . The Cork Reporter has the following :
" On the night of the 9 th inst ., about twelve o ' clock ; a party of men unknown , about ten , arrived on the lands of Carrigaae , in the parish of Lisgoold , and seized James Ryan and Patrick Buckley , keepers in charge of a distress for rent due of John Murphy and James Terry , tied their hands and legs , and then tied the men together , in which state they were found in a field by a female at an early hour next morning , who untied them , the corn and hay under seizure being removed off the land during the night . The property , when the distress was made , was in
the Court of Chancery , in the suit of W . Morrogh , Esq ., against G . S . Barry , Esq ., and has been lately sold in the Encumbered Estates Court . The seizure was made by Receiver , Edward Barry , Esq ., of the Court of Chancery , for the last March . rent , and it is supposed the offence in question had occurred under the idea that all power of the receiver ceased on the property being purchased . The keepers cannot identify any of the party , who had no arms , neither was there any violence done more than tying * them together .
On the Morning of the 14 th instant a party unknown broke open the barn of John Bagott , of Castletreasure , and carried away a great quantity of oats which was seized for rent due by Daniel Whelan , of the same place , and placed in the barn under the charge of Daniel Sullivan , a labourer , who said the corn was carried away on cars whilst he was asleep . Mrs . Chisholm in Dublin . —On Saturday evening Mrs . Chisholm delivered an address on "Emigration to Australia , "in the Lecture Hall of the Dublin Mechanics' Institute , which was crowded in every part . Mrs . Chisholm was accompanied by Mr . Leslie Foster , a member of the council of Port Phillip , and by several ladies and gentlemen .
Mysterious Murder . —The Clare Journal has the following brief account of a mysterious murder : —We have just heard of a dreadful murder having been committed on Saturday night in the neighbourhood ¦ of Miltown Malbay , upon a young man named Thomas Stacpoole , who was , it is said , to come into possession of some property in a short time . He was invited to spend the evening in some neighbouring house , and rumour has it that he was murdered in the night , and his body found yesterday close to the bridge of Armagh . His remains presented a dreadful spectacle . Two mm have been apprehended on suspicion , and are now in custody of the police .
M'Halb and the Irish Church . —Archbishop M'Hale has favoured the Premier , through the columns of the Freeman ' s Journal , with a lengthy letter in his peculiar style . What he describes as the total failure of proselytising efforts in the west of Ireland is the chief burden of'the epistle ; but the real sting will be found in the tail , where " his grace" speaks a bit of his mind fibout the church establishment , a subject , it may be observed , that stands a fair chance of soon throwing even tenant right into the shade in Irish agitation . The letter concludes
tints : — As for the protestant establishment , dream no longer of upholding it in Ireland , treat it like the question of free trade , yielding to the inevitable necessity of events which statesmen cannot control The catholic people of this country are resolved hot to be content until they witness its legislative annihilation ; the axe is already laid to the root , and as time has but too well attested the baneful vices of its influence , it is in vain yon will endeavour to avert its inevitable fall . —I have the honour to be , your lordship ' s obedient servant , Joir a , Archbishop of Tuam . "
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Calamitous Pise and Loss op Life . —On Sunday morning , shortly before one o ' clock , a disastrous fire broke out , from some unexplained cause , in the house of Mr . Hogg , of No . 394 , Botherhifche-street , optician and mathematical instrument maker , the lower part ^ of whose premises were alsousedas a ship chandler ' s warehouse , and a Birmingham and Sheffield goods store . The police were soon on the spot , but , before arrangements could be
made for the safety of the inmates . Miss Susan Hogg , neieo of Mr . Hogg , leaped out of the first-floor window with her hands and face severely burnt . She was at once picked up , and conveyed to a place of safety . In the meantime , Mr . Hogg , himself was about to follow her example from the second-floor , but the people in the street called out to him to ' wait until something could be procured for him to fall upon . A counterpane was then brought and stretched below the window , but the unfortunate
man ' s weiffht snlit it . and he fell with a frio-htfnl p . ra . « h . Wli ^ n man ' s weight split it , and he fell with a frightful crash . When taken up , his legs were found to be broken , and his spine fractured , and he was otherwise much hurt . The glare of the fire soon brought plenty of assistance , including seven land-engines and the float ; but all efforts to save the premises were in vain . The flames were , however , prevented from doing material damage to the neighbouring property , though it was more or less injured . The saddest part of the story remains to be told .
As soon as possible , a search was made in the ruins for the two other inmates , namely—Miss Kosina Riches , a relative of Mr . Hogg , and the servant , a young woman named Jane Brown , the ashes of whom were at length found , thus placing their shocking fate heyond doubt . It is supposed that the servant , who had gone down stairs : on Saturday ; night to turn off the gas at tlie meter , might have let a spark fall from her candle , and thus caused the calamity .
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ALLEGED MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND . On Monday , at the Lambeth Police Court , Richard Perry , 54 , described as a labourer , residing at No . 22 , Broad-street , ' Lambeth , was charged with having caused the death of Jane Perry , his wife , by striking her on . the head and body in a frightful
manner . George Mitchell said he lived at No . 22 , Broad-street , Lambeth , in apartments underneath those occupied by tlie prisoner and his wife . They were continually quarrelling , and the female was almost always drunk . On Saturday evening last , between 8 and 9 o ' clock , the prisoner and deceased came home , apparently very comfortable , and shortly afterwards the former went out , nd fllowed littl
awas o a e while after by his wife . Some time afterwards , the prisoner brought some coals home , and finding the deceased was out and had locked his door , he came down stairs , but at the same time she . entered the house . They had some words about the door being locked , when the prisoner , who appeared to be sober , went to bed , and the deceased again went out . She returned at a very late hour , much intoxicated ,
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when he heard them quarrelling , and immediately after ™ heavy fall , ' which was succeeded by complete silence T-r . called . out to him that she hoped nothing had happened lw Wlfe Perry and his wife , and immediately afterwards hi l ) ea JVce' 1 prisoner put on his shoes and come down stairs , when y . 1 u ' out , « Who ' s this lying on the stairs ? " The prisonerX H turned to his room , and brought a light down stairs . le ~ Mr . Elliott—You said you heard the fall in tiu > „„ room ? - * TJ 1 G pnson ..
Witness replied that he did , but he did not hear her eo l the stairs after that . He must have heard her if she had i could hear the least thing on the stairs . The prisoner Vl ^ i came down to the landing near the door , called out " to w'T to get up , ' exclaiming that his wife had no strength in l Witness got out of bed and assisted him to carry thQ dcc > up stairs , but he at once perceived that she was dead im & ft the prisoner so . The latter exclaimed , " Good God y n i . mean to say so !» They then carried her into the ' room ) put her on the bed , when he washed her face with cold w f and sent the prisoner for a doctor . The police shortly ent > S the house , and brought one in , when they pronounced l quite dead . iiei ' Mr . Elliott to Mitchell—Had she fallen down stairs mm * , have heard her ? ^ st you Mitchell—Yes ; I was not asleep , and I could have heiid cat walk down . < u Mr . Elliott - Then what vou heard was the auarrellinn . « < the hehvy fall in their room " ? ^» e « nIg | m Mitchell—That ' s all I heard , excepting the prisoner coaim * down and calling out , and his afterwards procmino- a uJ . when he roused me up . ° & 5
MaviMvnJ . 'MU / ir . nll „ . U '„ „ X > . J . 1 3 ! , Margaret Mitchell , wife of the preceding witness , corr oborate his evidence in every point . The deceased was covered S bruises from head to loins . Witness heard no scufflino- on \ hl stairs , the fall took place in the prisoner ' s room . ° There having been no medical examination , the prisoner \ m remanded . Murder of a Wife at Leeds . —Samuel West , a man abut 35 , following the calling of a quarryman , is in custody of the Leeds police , charged with the murder of his wife Elizabeth
, under extraordinary circumstances . West was brought up at the Court-house , Leeds , on Thursday , charged before the Mayor with stabbing his wife , and it was stated at that time that tlie woman was dying . The prisoner was therefore remanded . The same evening the woman died . The prisoner was married to the deceased , daughter of a working man , named Laycock residing in Woodhousu Oarr , about five weeks ago , and they have since lived in ihisHngthorpe-lane . On Tuesday week West went to Halton least , from whence he returned home late
at night in a state of intoxication . His wife was at that time in bed , suffering , we believe , from jaundice , and very ill . ic . cording to the deceased ' s own statement , subsequently made to a neighbour , the prisoner made advances to her , to which she objected on account of her slate of prostration from illness . He became very outrageous at this refusal , and jumping out of bed he sharpened a knife . She was at that time lying upon her face , with her night clothes torn almost to shreds by his vfo .
lence ; and as she was thus lying he stabbed her below the left shoulder : the instrument penetrated to the cavity of the chest , and inflicted a wound which has since proved mortal The neighbours , being alarmed , subsequently obtained admission to the house , and found the poor woman in a shocking state . Medical aid was sent for , and Mr . Taylor , the medical officer of
the district , attended . He examined the wound , and applied the usual remedies . She continued to get worse , and Mr . Clayton , surgeon , was called in ; but on Wednesday last , it was seen that nothing could save her . The police immediately took West into custody , at his own house , in Buslingthorpe-lanc . Soon after the unfortunate woman became delirious , and on Thursday evening died .
Attempted Murder . —On Sunday morning , when the reflection of the fire in Rotherhithe shot up , Mr . Inspector Barry , who was on . duty in the neighbourhood of the London-road , Southwark , turned off for the purpose of proceeding to the lire to render assistance . On getting to the coiner of Martin-street he espied a suspicious-looking character carrying something weighty and bulky in his arms . He immediately stopped the man and demanded to know what he had with him . The man did not then offer the least resistance , but merely replied , "AH right , governor , " and was apparently in the act of assisting the inspector to untie the bundle , when some ot * the fellow ' s
companions came silently behind the officer and inflicted a tremendous blow on his head , which took effect , and he fell down , the blood gushing from the wound down his back . The violence of the blow and the loss of blood of course prevented the inspector from securing the men , who made off , leaving : the officer , as they no doubt imagined , for dead . A snrgeon having dressed the wound and stopped the hemorrhage , the inspector was enabled to proceed to the fire , but Mr . Hayncs , his superintendent , at once gave directions for him to go home .
Frauds on the Ipswich Post-Office . —On Saturday William Collins ( late chief clerk ) , Frederick Joseph Sheldrake , and Edward Channmg Bartholomew Brummitt were dually examined on several charges of embezzling money , the property of her Majesty , before the mayor of Ipswich , and a bench of magistrates . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . W . S . Fitch , the postmaster , that it was the duty of the prisoners to & six
ax postage stamps to all registered letters upon receiving the registration fee , and for some time past it had been discovered by Mr . J . T . Gardner , a confidential clerk in the General Post-office , that the Ipswich bag frequently contained letters bearing stamps that had been obliterated before they had received the obliterating stamp of the Ipswich post-office . Mr . Ramsey was consequentl y sent down to investigate the matter and the prisoners were detected . Bail was refused for their
appearance at the assizes . A . Maid Servant at one of the Red Hall estate cottages , Lincoln , was attacked by a highwayman on Friday night last , as she was descending Cross o Cliffe-hill into the city on ai j errand . The fellow , who was dressed in a short slop , met ajHJ passed her , and then suddenly turned round , and griping her D ) the throat , demanded nionev . The girl assured him that ^ sn ^ did not possess any , and then the villain , to intimidate her mw the production of what mone y she might have upon hcrpeft ° » ' threatened to take her life . " At last the girl , with great presence ol mind , screamed , " The doctor ' s coming , " and the jV bond darted off with a . nazhnr rapidity . Shortly afterwards m , was met on the summit of the hill by a horseman , and he * > then going at a rapid rate . Having heard the girl's stom t » horseman returned in search of the scoundrel but cud
succeed in capturing him . , Alleged Embezzlement of Silk axd Cotton . —At w " Chester Borough Court on Monday seven men , named If 1 , * ox , George Massey , Samuel Kershaw , Hugh M'Gillan , ^ M'Cue , John Jameson , and Joseph Westworth , were cinws » v he . two first with haying received , and the others w
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/4/
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